Ascent of Mount Liberty on 2007-10-27

Ascent Trip Report

Ascended Lafayette in the morning, got much colder as we went up. Near the summit there was lots of ice forming from the mist blowing up the mountain and freezing. The summit signs were completely covered in ice.

We intended to do the loop with the falling waters trail, but the sign was so iced over that we missed the trailhead and ended up summiting Mt Liberty to the south. We took the Liberty Spring trail down to the trailhead and hitch-hiked back to the car. All in all it ended up around 13 miles instead of 9.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

399 ft / 122 m

Elevation Loss:

4079 ft / 1244 m

Distance:

5.1 mi / 8.2 km

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

399 ft / 122 m

Distance:

1 mi / 1.6 km

Route:

Franconia Ridge Trail

Trailhead:

Little Haystack Summit 4060 ft / 1237 m

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

4079 ft / 1244 m

Distance:

4.1 mi / 6.6 km

Route:

Liberty Spring Trail

Trailhead:

Whitehouse Trailhead 380 ft / 115 m

Ascent Part of Trip: Franconia Ridge 10/27/09 (0 nights total away from roads)